Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-04
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DAKOTA NEWSPAPERS.
Opinions upon Current Topics Ed.
toriaily Expressed by Terri
ioriaI Soriees.

0nida Journal; The grain dealers
doing business in Blunt are little less
than robbers. Being aware that the
farmers Of this section, burdened by
debts, and struggling tor existence, are
obliged to sell their grain at once, they
have steadily reduced the price paid for
grain the last two weeks, no~twithstand-
Ing that tue Chicago price of wheat has
been firm, and in the same period did
not Vary much over / cept q bushel.
Below we give prices paid for wheat on
certain dates ~ Blunt, the grain each
time being hauled by the same party,
and the first and last times being taken
from the same bin. Also. In another
grade of wheat in Chicago:
Blunt. Chicago.
About Sept. ..........n.....S so 30 - SO
sept. - Ss5s
Now what interests the farmers and
business men OF Dakota Is to know what
IS tbs mysterious cause OF such a
wonderful diminution of value in Blunt,
when the dealers there receive practl-
ealiy the same price Tor the grain. Gan
there be any reason exceptthat they have
sehOA ~ VnHO st ClEOuulSIHuCtS
to extort an unjust and unrea-
sonable profit on eacn bushel of grain
handled. We Can not positively state
what the tariff on grain now Is, but
from the report of the railroad commis
sion it was last tall on new grain 25
cents per 100 pounds. THIS would be
from Ia TO l52 cents per bnshel. On
the 10th, We are informed the highest
price paid in Blunt for Mol wheat was
46 cents. This same grade(No. 1 North
ern) was quoted IN Minneapolis at 1891
ce nts. Add 24La GENTS freight and the
No. northerns LAID down. in Minneapolis
wonld cost, in cash, 601a cents, leaving
1874 GENTS as o profit to che grain dealer
for handling, or about 10 cents per bushel
on wheat not thoroughly dried. The
above is the method By which Van
pasen and other grain dealers line their
pockets at the expenses of the farmers
IF the northwest, and ii the farmers
would. not be- robbed of their all thew
must take some method of protection.
What this method should be, we are not
able to advise.
Alexandria Herald: In writing &c
friends in the east. Dakota people should
be particular to Gall attention to the
great crop this year and to the Low
price at which Dakota lands can be
bought. There lis no place on earth
where q man with limited capital and
lots of energy can obtain a competence
as quickly as he can in Dakota. What
is wanted is energy, pushiand vim. With
these Dakota's u~nrivalled soil will do the
rest.
Villas Farmer: Among the names
prominently mentioned in connection
with the vacant supreme court judge
ship. which must soon be filled, is that
of Judge Simms, of Louisiana. Al
though his knowledge of Law is undoubt
ed, and he is in many respects the bes'
qualified of any one who has been nam
ed for the place, loyal men cannot forge
that he was q prime mover in the worn
of ~fomenting rebellion having been en-
gagged In that work for years prior b,
1851, that he Wa . member Of thu
Louisiana secession convention and I'd,
rebel senate, was the designer of tn,
rebel flag and the seal of the oonfsd.
eracy end in every way from FIRST to las
he Was one of the most prominent pro-
moters and supporters of the 's1os,
cause There IS no evidence that hi,
convictions or his sympathies have eve
undergone any change.
Aberdeen News: When Grover Cieve
land OPENS his yes this morning he viii
be at the most westerly rolnt he has
ever been in his life, and yet no is no,
twenty-four hours out of Washington
He will be somewhere down in the stat
OF Ohio, the honored home OF th,
lamented Garfield and the brilliant SheT
man. The president will see lots o
country while absent from Washington
but poor Dakota will not be gazed up
on by him. He has no desire to learn o
its wanta and its rights.